TY - JOUR
T1 - Lexical Familiarity and Processing Efficiency
T2 - Individual Differences in Naming, Lexical Decision, and Semantic Categorization
AU - Lewellen, Mary Jo
AU - Goldinger, Stephen
AU - Pisoni, David B.
AU - Greene, Beth G.
PY - 1993/9
Y1 - 1993/9
N2 - College students were separated into 2 groups (high and low) on the basis of 3 measures: subjective familiarity ratings of words, self-reported language experiences, and a test of vocabulary knowledge. Three experiments were conducted to determine if the groups also differed in visual word naming, lexical decision, and semantic categorization. High Ss were consistently faster than low Ss in naming visually presented words. They were also faster and more accurate in making difficult lexical decisions and in rejecting homophone foils in semantic categorization. Taken together, the results demonstrate that Ss who differ in lexical familiarity also differ in processing efficiency. The relationship between processing efficiency and working memory accounts of individual differences in language processing is also discussed.
AB - College students were separated into 2 groups (high and low) on the basis of 3 measures: subjective familiarity ratings of words, self-reported language experiences, and a test of vocabulary knowledge. Three experiments were conducted to determine if the groups also differed in visual word naming, lexical decision, and semantic categorization. High Ss were consistently faster than low Ss in naming visually presented words. They were also faster and more accurate in making difficult lexical decisions and in rejecting homophone foils in semantic categorization. Taken together, the results demonstrate that Ss who differ in lexical familiarity also differ in processing efficiency. The relationship between processing efficiency and working memory accounts of individual differences in language processing is also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0096-3445.122.3.316
DO - 10.1037/0096-3445.122.3.316
M3 - Article
C2 - 8371087
AN - SCOPUS:0027671018
SN - 0096-3445
VL - 122
SP - 316
EP - 330
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
IS - 3
ER -